Jellyfish

hey darling follow me
the unthinkably long skinny arm
skinnier bonier fingers
of a faceless man point
to nothing in
particular

a heart has been left out (lonely I suppose)
on a stoop on a noisy cranky street
not hidden it beats in plain view for all to see
it beats for no reason other than
to feel its familiar pulsations
to horrify strangers
to please
me

in this desert
tears dry
before they form
sadly they never feel
fall on warmed skin
anticipation of
an anxious
cheek

in this light fluorescence
leaves play their windy games
seem indifferent to the jellyfish
pulsing bells in a gelatinous sky
tentacles stinging at my eyes
my cheeks
my swelling
burning
tears

jppestana
7.3.2018
jellyfish